by Paolo | 6 February 2016 | Blog, Public speaking
What your audience want is not written in communication manuals, rather in their minds. What lights their fires you ain’t going to find it on Google, on their facial expressions. What their are willing to do, in their behaviours. A little story Many years ago I...
by Paolo | 26 January 2016 | Blog, Public speaking
The other day I was attending a conference as a visitor, the topic was open source which is interesting for me and a good chance of networking. The room was neatly crowded, good organisation, the speeches not too long. Since I’m so passionate about public...
by Paolo | 13 January 2016 | Blog, Public speaking
Sadly David Bowie left us few days a go. One of the great names in modern music. Although older songs (from Life on Mars to Absolute Beginners) are the ones that resonate with me I take the cue from one of his latest videos: Where Are We Now? Director Tony...
by Paolo | 27 November 2015 | Blog, Public speaking
Recently I had the pleasure of seeing a couple of Hans Rosling shows on BBC2, I was lucky enough not to miss them. It’s quite difficult not to be a fan of the famous professor, whose videos are often used in my public speaking workshops. Mentioning him just for...
by Paolo | 18 November 2015 | Blog, Public speaking
I am a big fan of using pictures for the visual aids of a presentation. They work almost every time, especially when those are high impact photos. There are some technical tips on how to resize and manage them and I even have a full lecture about it in my eLearning...
by Paolo | 2 November 2015 | Blog, Public speaking
Have you ever heard of Hara Hachi Bu? This Confucian principle was not originally meant for public speaking, although it serves it well. Roughly, it means eat until you are 80% full. Do not over eat, leave a bit of room. If you think about it, when you avoid cramming...
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